Card dealing device



Feb. lo, 1948. L F, WEBER 'l 2,435,662

CARD DEALING DEVICE Filed Nov. 18, 1944 cl-:Q- I l M ITW# Patented Feb.

UNITE D S TAT FFI` CARD 'DEALING DEVICE" LouisE. Weber, Worcester, Mass. ApplicationNovember 18, 1944, Serial N0. 564,003

8'? Claimsz- (Cl. 273-149) This invention` relates toA a device' for dealing cards and alsoV incidentally including provision for shuffling of the cards, the presentinvention beingv an improvement onl the deviceshown in my Patent No. 2,044,266', dat'ed June 16', 1936'.

The objects of the" invention include theprovision of a device particularly for mechanically dealing cards, suchkdevice being of a simple character and beinghandj manipulated in a very simple manner. A

Further objects of tlreinvention include' the provision of a numberv of rectangular strips or panels equalito" thevl number of cards in the pack, and substantially no" other apparatus is required' except means for holding the strips or panels and moving the same in a support.

Other objects and advantagesI of the' invenl` tionv willappear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of a preferred form of the device showing a pack of cards in initial position prior to the dealing operation;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the cards dealt and in position to be extracted from the device;

Fig. 3 is a sectional View on line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a partial edge view as indicated by the arrows 4 4 in Fig. 1; and

Figs. 5 and 6 are composite figures illustrating the strips or panels in initial position and in card dealing position, respectively.

In the drawings there is shown a base or support I having slidably mounted thereon an element I2 at one end thereof and a similar element I4 at the opposite end. These elements are provided with handles I6 by which the elements may be drawn inwardly and outwardly relative to the base I0. Each element I2 and I4 is provided with a stop I8 on the base I0 for limiting the outward movement thereof, and acentral stop is provided so that the elements l2' and I4 will always be brought back to correct initial position.

I provide a cover 22 for the device, there being a series of strips or panels 24 slidably located between the cover and the base I0. Each strip or panel 24 is provided with a notched recess such as at 26 for a purpose to be described. There are provided as many strips or panels 24 as there are cards in the deck and since the usual deck of cards comprises fifty-two, there will be fifty-two strips or panels 24 in most cases.

Each slidable element I2 and I4 is provided withan upstanding pin 28, these pins being fixed 2;' tothe slidable elements I 2 andi` I'4A and extending upwardly through the cover 22', the latter being provided with slots 3U to provide for the sliding motion of the pins281when the elements I2 and I4 are manually actuated.

Each strip or panel 24 is provided with at least one long slot as at 32- through which one' of the pins 287 extends. extends through thestrip or panel without a slot,

so that it will be clear' that the strip must travelv Wit-1i' the pin 28, the Slot 32; allowing frfths movement. Certain other strips or panels 2f4 are" providedI with slots 34l shorter than slot 32"a'n`d' a second slot 3.6 still shorter as clearly illustrated in Figs; 5" and 6. ',Iheother strips or panels24 areconstructedin the same manner but reversed sotliat the strip having'thesingle slotis reversedA with respect# to" thestrip describedm above', vsee 38,

andthe sameis true of the remaining strip; seeV slots 40 and 42.

It will be seen from the above that there are but four different types of panels 24 and that there are only two types of panels so far as the slot construction is concerned except that in some cases the slots are reversed.

The Fig. 3 illustration discloses the operation of the device. The handles I6 are pushed inwardly toward each other so that all of the recesses 26 are aligned as in Fig. 4, in which case a deck of cards may be inserted in the combined recesses 26 as illustrated in Fig. 1, and then the handles I6 are grasped and pulled outwardly away from each other resulting in the action of the panels as shown in Fig. 3. Since the panels, in fours, will slide to different extents, depending upon their slot construction, every fourth card will be drawn to the same extent and every adjacent card will be drawn to a diierent extent, resulting in four different positions for the cards as illustrated in Fig. 2. The result is that the cards are separated into four different hands and each player will withdraw one hand according to his position at the table.

Particular reference is had to the numerals apearing just above the representations of the panels in Fig. 2. These numerals indicate the different cards handled by the separate strips or panels. Every fourth panel is exactly alike and as in ordinary dealing the first, fifth, ninth, etc. cards will be moved to the position shown by the like numerals in Fig. 2.

It will be seen that this card dealing device is without mechanism other than the panels and slidable elements I2 and I4. The panels register with the separate cards in the pack and In this case the other pln 284 each panel moves a single card and always moves it the same way. Ordinarily the arrangement of the panels is permanent and the cards will be shullied and cut as usual. However, there is an incidental shufliing feature because the cards are always delivered to their proper places, each one being moved a predetermined amount.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do not Wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what I claim is: 1. A card dealing device of the class described comprising a plurality of slidable strips, each strip having a notch to receive a card and means to relatively rectilinearly slide said strips' unequal distances in series according to the number of hands to be dealt.

2. A card dealing device of the class described comprising a plurality of strips each equal in thickness to that of a playing card, there being a strip for each card in the deck, notches in the strips for receiving the cards, means to relatively rectilinearly slide the strips unequal distances according to the number of hands to be dealt, and means to stop the sliding movement of each strip at a predetermined point.

3. A card dealing device of the class described comprising a'base, a slidable member thereon, means to limit the sliding extent of the member, a series of strips superimposed on the member, a notch in each strip to receive a card, and means connecting certain of said strips to said member to draw said strips diiferent distances with the member.

4. A card dealing device of the classA described comprising ,a plurality of superimposed strips, a notch in each strip to receive a card, means to relatively rectilinearly move said strips, and stop means for the strips to limit the movements thereof to varying distances. Y

Veach pin extending through all of the strips, a

5. A card dealing device of the class described comprising a base, a pair of oppositely movable members on the base, a plurality of superimposed strips on the members, means connecting, the members and strips to draw certain of the latter along with each of the members to varying degrees.

6. A card dealing device of the class described comprising a base, a pair of oppositely movable members on the base, stops limiting the movement of the members, a plurality of superimpos d strips on the members, a pin on each membr, d slots of varying lengths in the strips, the pins passing through the slots.

7; A card dealing device of the class described comprising a series of rectilinearly slidable strips, the strips being equal in number to the cards to be dealt and of equal thickness with the cards, each strip having a notch to receive a card, the notches being adapted for alignment to receive the entire deck of cards, each strip having a stop to'limit its rectilinear movement, there being as many nal positions of the strips as there are hands to be dealt, and means to rectilinearly move the strips into engagement with the stops.

8. A card dealing device of the class described comprising a, series of superimposed rectangular strips equal in number and thickness to the cards to be dealt, pin means to move certain strips rectilinearly in one direction, and Vpin means to move the remaining stripsr in the opposite direction, notches in each lof the strips to receive a card, each strip having at least one slot to receive a pin, said slots acting as stops, and said slots being of diierent lengths to stop the strip travel at different points.

LOUIS F'. WEBER. 

